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Get out your eye patch and parrot—the Kalmar Nyckel is here!
This week you won’t want to miss Kalmar Nyckel tall ship as it steams into New Bedford Harbor. She stands 105-feet to the top of her mast and is fully rigged ship, a replica of the 1625 Kalmar Nyckel of Sweden.
Watch her come in late Wednesday or early Thursday—the arrival time is wind dependent. There was a 20-knot wind keeping them at the dock in Provincetown on Tuesday. Close to shore it uses both wind and engines. But offshore New England is rocky, Captain Sharon Dounce said, and they keep the engine at neutral just in case while sailing.
Deck tours will be available for $5 starting at 8 p.m. Thursday, July 25.
Six public sails are available starting Friday, beginning with a Pirate Sail into Buzzards Bay. Leave your umbrella at home—tall ship sailors are highly superstitious—and dress for an adventure.
The original Kalmar Nyckel made four ocean crossings beginning in 1638—and founded the first settlement in Wilmington, Delaware. The Kalmar Nyckel Foundation is a maritime-based 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that promotes education while preserving the Kalmar Nyckel’s amazing history.
Kalmar Nyckel
